Oct. 26, 2020

Bullied To Death

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Tonight, my special guest is criminologist Judith A. Yates who's here to discuss the suicide of Sherokee Harriman that was thought to be caused by bullying.

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A teenage girl’s suicide raises questions of culpability for internet bullies in this investigation by the criminologist and true crime author.

On September 5, 2015, in a public park in LaVergne, Tennessee, fourteen-year-old Sherokee Harriman drove a kitchen knife into her stomach as other teens watched in horror. The coroner ruled it a “suicide.” But was it? Or was it a crime perpetuated by other teens who had bullied her?

Sherokee’s tragic death created a media frenzy focused more on sensationalism than finding the truth. Meanwhile the community of LaVerge sought answers to questions about who, if anyone, should be held criminally responsible for bullying.

Criminologist Judith A. Yates peels back the distorting layers of social media and news coverage to examine a timely question with far-reaching implications: was Sherokee Harriman bullied to death?

Judith A. Yates

Special Guest

Criminologist Judith A. Yates has appeared as a guest speaker, lecturer, and instructor for organizations across the United States for almost 30 years, to include Dallas Area Paralegal Association, PFLAG (Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians & Gays), Texas Association of Licensed Investigators, Tennessee Correction Association, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and many more.
Her resume lists loss prevention, the Sheriff's Department, the federal prison system (minimum to maximum, male & female), investigations, and criminal justice professor/instructor. She is the only journalist who is continually investigating the disappearance of Tabitha Tuders, Nashville's most baffling missing child case.
Ms. Yates is a true crime author. She is an investigator, carefully reseaching each book. A percentage of each book benefits nonprofit organizations and is made in the victim's name.